Thursday, June 19, 2014

Cheney's bold move to rewrite history

“Rarely has a U.S.
president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.”

No single sentence could so accurately encapsulate the
tenure of George Bush than this one.

Missed or ignored warnings about potential terrorists plans

Worst attack on American soil happens under his watch

Makes case for war based on lies and false assumptions

Invades country that has no ties to terrorism and no WMDs

Kills hundreds of thousands of Iraqis

Nearly 5,000 Americans lose their lives

Completely misreads post-invasion needs of the country
leaving millions in misery

Post-invasion American overseers lose billions of dollars

Allows torture and indefinite detention without trial

Vacuum in Iraq emboldens terrorists and incites sectarian
violence

Dismisses then stalls investigation into 9/11, then sets up
commission with predetermined outcomes

Opium production rises in Afghanistan after the American
invasion

U.S. backed Maliki government mired in graft

The irony is that the above statement wasn’t from some
liberal commentator about Bush, but comes from a recent Op-Ed for the Wall Street
Journal by Dick Cheney trying to shift blame for the failures of the Bush
Administration onto Obama.